“But human beings need deepening places too. And far too many never have any.”
~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Wind in the Door
Sharing Communion in an Airport #Poem #Poetry #NaomiShihabNye #Community #Food #Airport #Compassion #Commonality #Humanity
Today, at the persistent urging of my AP students, I took them outside to the courtyard to debate which poem of our Poetry “March” Madness showdown should stand as the…
Photo of the Day Poems: Disrupting Monotony #Poem #Poetry #Photography #NASCAR #Racing #Wreck #Monotony #Accident #2019 #April #TheWasteLand
Amid the blurring pace of life racing towards the finish line of another school year, I came upon this unpublished The Guardian Photo of the Day poem I composed back…
Bound to Penitent Dreams – Cassiopeia’s Song: Constellation Series #Constellations #Song #Music #Cassiopeia #Pride #Vanity #Astronomy #Mythology
I started work on “Cassiopeia” back in late February, reading up on the mythology behind the constellation. Once again, we encounter a vain and boastful character whose ultimate demise reminds…
Photo of the Day Poems: April Fools’ Day #Poem #Poetry #Photography #AprilFools’Day #Joke #Penguin #Antarctica
In celebration of April Fools’ Day, I’m pulling out one of the few remaining Photo of the Day poems I wrote back in 2019, inspired by the best photographs on…
Throwback Thursday: “Blossomed & Faded” #Pantoum #ThrowbackThursday #Flowers #Memory #Time #Poetry #Poem
Between wrapping up the third marking period at school, putting all my creative energies into finishing my series of fifteen constellation songs (TWO TO GO!), and the busyness of Spring…
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I am a lover of words – the way they sing together in neat or sprawling lines upon the page, conducted by the great wordsmiths of all time. The way a sudden turn of phrase or surprising combination of sounds resonates with the deep within me, causing pause…
the deepening ground 